APPROVED CHAPTER
JULY 27, 2023 122
BY GOVERNOR RESOLVES
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 981 - L.D. 1526
Resolve, to Provide Grants to Support Reading Proficiency Programming in
Schools
Sec. 1. Department of Education to provide grants to support reading
proficiency programming in schools. Resolved: That the Department of Education,
referred to in this resolve as "the department," shall award grants to school administrative
units to support reading proficiency programming in schools. The department shall
establish criteria to award grants to school administrative units. Criteria for awarding grants
must include that school administrative units develop programming consistent with the
high-quality, evidence-based literacy tenets developed by the department. In awarding
grants, the department shall give special consideration to school administrative units
serving populations of students with identified reading proficiency achievement gaps,
including, but not limited to, reading achievement gaps for economically disadvantaged
students and racial and ethnic populations.
Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That, no later than January 15, 2025, the department shall
submit to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over education
and cultural affairs a report on the awarding of grants and the criteria used to award grants
to school administrative units in accordance with section 1. The committee may report out
a bill to the 132nd Legislature in 2025.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. Resolved: That the following
appropriations and allocations are made.
EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Office of Innovation Z333
Initiative: Provides one-time funds for grants to school administrative units to support
reading proficiency programming in schools.
GENERAL FUND 2023-24 2024-25
All Other $0 $200,000
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GENERAL FUND TOTAL $0 $200,000
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